Sentence examples for chopper hit from inspiring English sources

Jose Lopez took a chopper hit by Oakland's Mark Ellis, stepped on third for a forceout and threw to second for a another, and Chone Figgins's relay to first appeared to beat Ellis to the bag.

He does not have a throwing error since June 28, but his problem has manifested itself more in plays he does not make -- not completing a double play, not making a successful throw on a tough chopper hit in front of him.

Alfonso Soriano chases down a fly ball and then throws like someone who has played his whole career in the infield -- his arm bent and his release quick, as if he were playing a chopper hit near the mound; outfielders tend to extend their arms, to make longer throws.

And at his best, Chopper hit two out of the three.

Williams and his crew were not on the chopper hit by rocket-propelled grenades, but rather on one following that helicopter, he said in his apology Wednesday.

Earlier reports said opposition fighters shot dead two pilots after they ejected themselves after their chopper was hit.

The WNBC-TV helicopter, Chopper 4, hit the roof of a four-story brick apartment building at 2502 Cortelyou Road about 6 30 p.m., and then plunged onto the roof of a two-story building, the authorities said.

This caused the chopper to hit the ground at 54 miles per hour, which normally would be a severe if not necessarily fatal crash.

But when one of the Black Hawk choppers is hit, the whole thing goes irreparably pear-shaped and the only honour to be salvaged is in some kind of orderly retreat.

A critical and box office hit, Chopper catapulted its director, Andrew Dominik, and star, Eric Bana, on to Hollywood's A-list.

As he called in for air strikes and a rescue chopper, another bullet hit him in the thigh.